STATE THEATRE

Wairarapa Times-Age, 27 January 1939, Page 2

STATE THEATRE

‘■STRANGE BOARDERS." Tom Walls, after many exciting adventures which take him from a Bayswater boardinghouse to a notorious night club: from the Air Ministry to an art photographer’s shop and back again to the boarding-house, there to unearth a clue which eventually solves the riddle, appears in a most unusual role. Gone is the philanderer whose charms no wife can withstand —the bibulous old gentleman with an eye for pretty girls, and in their stead is the debonair detective ready to brave death in order to fulfil his mission of national importance. The story of “Strange Boarders” has been, adapted from a mystery thriller by E. Phillips Oppenheim, “The Strange Boarders of Palace Crescent.” This outstanding film will be shown tonight for a twoday season at the State Theatre.

“SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS.”

Have you ever dreamed of Gnomeland? Have your dreams brought you into contact with those wonderful beings, the elves, dwarfs, enchanted birds and beasts, witches, lovely ladies that weave magic spells and dance and sing through sunny days and moonlit nights of romance? Such dreams of fantsy come to perfect realisation on Monday, when “Snow ‘White and the Seven Dwarfs” begins an engagement at the State Theatre. This marks an event in film history. It is the first Walt Disney picture made in technicolour for RKO Radio, ever produced in feature-length. It was three years in the making at a cost of £300,000. It is a wonder-feast of s thrills, fun and romantic drama, with equal appeal for juveniles and grown-ups. Everybody has read Grimms' folk tales, in whose fascinating pages “Snow White” and nor little dwarf pals were born. There’s a never-to-be-forgotten treat awaiting you in its marvellously appealing film version.